Tag Archives: IVC filter

This case highlighted a number of issues in the management of VTE. 1) The investigation of a patient with newly diagnosed DVT One of the most useful parts in the history taking is the identification of a provoking factor. We … Continue reading →

For our last short case this week we looked at a 50 year old gentleman who developed a subdural following an assault. He had been diagnosed with a provoked DVT 1 week prior following knee surgury and had been loaded … Continue reading →

And for our last case, a 50 year old gentleman has attended A&E following an assault. A CT head has shown a subdural and the neurosurgeons want to take him to theatre. The patient had a knee replacement about 4 … Continue reading →

This was a case involving a common medical problem – the DVT. There were a number of important points 1) Idiopathic DVT (i.e. those not provoked by a risk factor such as surgery, plaster casts, pregnancy and medications) require careful thought … Continue reading →

Our young patient with newly diagnosed DVT has cervical cancer and needs total abdominal hysterectomy semi-urgently. As the DVT is recent and as the surgery has a high risk of blood loss it is felt that inserting an IVC filter … Continue reading →